Saraswati Rani Das ran for her life with her two young children when a Muslim mob rampaged through her village in the southern Noakhali district of Bangladesh.
Mrs Das broke down repeatedly as she tried to explain how their tiny tin-roof house was destroyed and set on fire.
The attack started hours after a senior hardline Islamist leader was sentenced to death by a special tribunal in late February.
Jamaat-e-Islami party Vice President Delwar Hossain Sayedee was given a death sentence for crimes committed during the war of independence from Pakistan in 1971.
The sentencing triggered a wave of angry protests from the Islamist party's supporters. In many districts, buildings and vehicles were damaged. More than 60 people were killed in clashes with the security forces. Full story...
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Mrs Das broke down repeatedly as she tried to explain how their tiny tin-roof house was destroyed and set on fire.
The attack started hours after a senior hardline Islamist leader was sentenced to death by a special tribunal in late February.
Jamaat-e-Islami party Vice President Delwar Hossain Sayedee was given a death sentence for crimes committed during the war of independence from Pakistan in 1971.
The sentencing triggered a wave of angry protests from the Islamist party's supporters. In many districts, buildings and vehicles were damaged. More than 60 people were killed in clashes with the security forces. Full story...
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